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Open visitation policies in the ICU: experience from relatives and clinicians

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  1. Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Réanimation médicale, 1 avenue Claude, 75010, Vellefaux, Paris, France

    David Schnell, Stéphanie Abadie, Philippe Toullic, Marine Chaize, Virginie Souppart, Marie-Cécile Poncet, Benoît Schlemmer & Élie Azoulay

  2. University Paris-7 Paris-Diderot, UFR de Médecine, 75010, Paris, France

    David Schnell, Stéphanie Abadie, Philippe Toullic, Marine Chaize, Virginie Souppart, Marie-Cécile Poncet, Benoît Schlemmer & Élie Azoulay

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Schnell, D., Abadie, S., Toullic, P. et al. Open visitation policies in the ICU: experience from relatives and clinicians. Intensive Care Med 39, 1873–1874 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-013-2956-2

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